This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

Find clues for any answer, or answers that match a pattern

Search options:

Sort finds:	alphabetically by frequency by score by length
Answer length:	any length only length:
Include:	Show bogus (thematic) answers in results

Quick Finder help - or - Advanced help - or - Understand word scores.

Examples using the [Search] button:
Find all clues for a single word	ELOPE
Use ? for single letter in pattern	P??CH
Use * for any number of letters (including zero)	CR*Y
Use $c for any consonant, or $v for any vowel	$c$c???$v$v
Square brackets for any enclosed letter	[QJXZ]????
Hyphen for range of letters	[X-Z]?????
Use ^ to negate specified letters	[^A-W]*[^RSTLE]

Click here for detailed information, including OneLook and Regex options.

Pay now and get access for a year.

1. Select account level

$50 AngelFull access, Word list Downloads

$20 Regular UserAll pages, Limited Finder

2. Choose how to pay

5 results for HOKUM from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 20, 2017	31A	Applesauce	Jason Flinn	Shortz
Thu Apr 30, 2015	45A	Balderdash	Herre Schouwerwou	Shortz
Tue Jan 14, 2014	9A	Nonsense (2)	Tim Croce	Shortz
Tue Jun 27, 2006	44A	Nonsense (2)	Damon J. Gulczynski	Shortz
Wed Sep 1, 1999	50D	Malarkey	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz

19 results for HOKUM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 29, 1990	41D	Bosh	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Mon Jul 2, 1990	15A	Flimflam	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Thu Aug 2, 1984	19A	Fakery	Brown	Maleska
Tue Sep 18, 1979	38A	Bunk	Janke	Maleska
Sun Oct 17, 1976	67D	Bunk	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Sat Aug 26, 1972	33D	Bunk	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 10, 1971	49D	Bunk	Betty Leary	Weng
Mon Jul 10, 1967	43A	Claptrap.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Fri Mar 3, 1967	9A	Nonsense: Slang.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Fri Nov 18, 1966	24A	Nonsense: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 13, 1966	43A	Bunk.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 22, 1961	7D	Bunk.	Diana R. Sessions	Farrar
Wed Jul 5, 1961	42A	Nonsense.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1960	102A	Claptrap.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat May 30, 1959	28A	Poppycock.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Fri Sep 19, 1958	18A	Malarky.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jun 30, 1957	87A	Comedian's bag of tricks.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sat Jun 2, 1956	49D	Twaddle: Slang.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Jan 17, 1954	87A	Nonedible baloney.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

Anagrams:

22 ms